Research

The Purdue Center for Plant Biology offers diverse research opportunities from ecology to reproductive cell biology. This community of 32 faculty members provides a broad base of resources and research in basic plant biology and a dynamic training environment for graduate students.

Research Areas

Ecological and evolutionary genetics
Plant and insect chemical ecology
Reproductive cell biology
Cell wall biology
Cytoskeleton and membrane dynamics
Plant pathogen interactions
Hormone and stress physiology/biology
Plant metabolism
Biochemical genetics
Regulation of photosynthesis
Genetics, epigenetics and genomics
Computational biology

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